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International film festival for documentary begins in Guwahati
MUMBAI: The international film festival for documentary, short and animation films, has started at Guwahati in Assam.
Organised by Films Division under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd, the three-day festival was inaugurated by the Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on 17 October.
Apart from India, the film fest will showcase film-works from countries like Poland, Belgium, Bulgaria and Australia. The package for screening also has creative works of Satyajit Ray, Gulzar, Bhupen Hazarika, Ashis Mukherjee, Vinod Chopra, Jabbar Patel and Chaaru Kamal Hazarika, among others.
The lineup includes 14 award-winning films from Mumbai international film festival for documentary, short and animation films. It also has 12 films on Assam made by the Films Division. Also, 23 other best films under the documentary and animation sections from the archive of Films Division will be screened.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
